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THIS MONTH'S HEADLINES:
UK NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
eAdmissions
'Chip and bin'
Archive Awareness Campaign
National eService Delivery Standards
National Archives Annual Report
Customer satisfaction with libraries
Online information 2005 blog
Patent Office at the British Library
Partnership between the BBC and public libraries
Nominations for e-Government national awards
Voting for Public Library Building Awards
'Keep up' campaign
Public ignorant of online dangers
New laws against Internet pornography
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Internet governance deadlock broken
II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society
Asia-Pacific country reports on Internet governance
Conference on digital preservation
Museums and the Web 2006 conference
Academic library and information services conference
IFLA position on government of Internet
Evidence Based Librarianship Conference
UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize
Management Innovation & Library Services Conference
LATEST WORLD NEWS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Peru passes free software law
Debate on ICTs and poverty
Winner of Dirk Award 2005
Free/Open Source Software Asia Pacific Consultation
Inclusion through innovation
i2010 - responding to the challenge
LACFREE 2005
New information centres in India
Award for community multimedia centre in Nepal
EU DEVELOPMENTS
Counter terrorism measures - retention of communication data
Consultation on the publishing industry in the digital age
Electronic accessibility
e-petitioner system taken up by German Parliament
European Parliament
i2010 London conference
Anti-terrorism research
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NEWS
Virtual computer for digital preservation
Google Print Project - lawsuit
How ICT?
Low use of ICT in the classroom
Support for open access to research
Use of mobile technologies in the workforce
E-voting pilots cancelled
Camera technology saves girl from drowning
Open Access report
Information Commons for e-Science
Academics support open access to research
Internet discussion forum on Open Course Content for higher education
INTERNET RESOURCES (WEB, E-JOURNALS, E-FORUMS)
The Drum Beat
African Journal of Information & Communication Technology
Archives Network Wales
Worldwide election news
AwesomeStories
Go-Geo! portal relaunched
Alice's Adventures Under Ground
NEW PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, REPORTS, BILLS, MANIFESTOS...)
Public Library Materials Fund and Budget Survey 2004-06
Designing and building integrated digital library systems - guidelines
e-Government: reaching socially excluded groups?
Women in the IT industry
Libraries and information services in the United Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland 2005-2006
Articles on Internet issues
Increasing the attractiveness of libraries for adult learners: final report
Articles from Information for Social Change
Focus on sustainable development
APPOINTMENTS
Lisjobnet.com relaunched
New members of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information
AND FINALLY
Computer takeaway
No smiling, we're British
TV aids criminals
Googlefight
Diet guide dog
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